{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-and-reserve-forces-compensation-scheme-order-2005-revoked-952011/article-18",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/439",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2005 (Revoked 9.5.2011)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-and-reserve-forces-compensation-scheme-order-2005-revoked-952011",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Injury to a pair of like parts of the body",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where a member of the forces loses, or loses the function of, first one (“the first injury”) and later, in another incident, the other (“the second injury”) of a pair of like parts of the body specified in paragraph (4) and—\n(a) both the injuries are caused by service; and\n(b) an award of injury benefit has been made for the first injury.\n(2) Where paragraph (1) applies—\n(a) the lump sum for the second injury is Y – X;\n(b) any award of guaranteed income payment made for the first injury ceases to have effect; and\n(c) subject to article 14(5) and (6), guaranteed income payment is payable for the second injury as if the lump sum for that injury was for injury to both of the pair of like parts of the body.\n(3) In this article—\n(a) Y is the amount in column (b) of Table 10 of the tariff corresponding with the tariff level specified in column (a) of the relevant table for the loss of both of the pair of like parts of the body; and\n(b) X is the amount in column (b) of Table 10 of the tariff corresponding with the tariff level specified in column (a) of the relevant table for the loss of one of the pair of like parts of the body.\n(4) The pairs of like parts of the body to which this article applies are—\narms or part of an arm,\nfeet (but not toes),\nhands (but not fingers),\nkidneys,\nlegs or part of a leg,\ntotal loss of sight in both eyes,\ntotal loss of hearing in both ears.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/439/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:08:45.926081+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}